Mop



C. M. WILLIAMS MOP Filed NOV. 20, 1922 Pamela oa. 2, i923.,

A 1,469,568 ,FFIEQ CELIA'M. WILLIAMS, 0F HAMMON, OKLAHOMA.

MOP.

Application filed November 20, 1922. Serial No. 602,034.

T o all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CELIA M. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hammon, in the county of Roger Mills and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a mop, the flexible absorbent mopping material of which may be composed of strips derived from discarded textile fabric, such as worn-out stockings, and other garments, formed into elongated strips.

The invention is embodied in a mop comprising a two-part head or holding portion, adapted to hold said strips in the form of depending loops, and to supply liquid such as oil or liquid soap to said strips, the loops depending from the bottom of the holder, and the top portion of the holder being formed as a shallow pan, adapted to contain a supply of liquid and feed the same slowly to the mopping material.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciticati0n,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the top plate or member of my improved mo i.

liligure 2 is a perspective view, showing the bottom plate or member.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view, showing a portion of the bottom plate, and strips of mopping material engaged therewith.

Figure 4 is al View similar to Figure 3, showing a portion of the top plate or member.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section, showin the mop in operative condition.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, showing certain modifications.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a flat plate of any suitable sheet metal, provided with an upwardly projecting marginal curb 13. ln the plate 12 are formed orifices or eyelets 15. Through said apertures are threaded elongated strips of flexible absorbent material, said strips including looped portions 16, depending from theplate 12, and loop-connectin neck portions 17, lying on the u per sur ace of the plate. The strips may derived from stockings, or other garments,

e composed of waste textile fabricl the strips closely filling the orifices 15, so.

that they are retained in engagement with the bottom plate against accidental separation therefrom.

The two arms of each loop may be threaded through single orifices 15, as shown by Figures 3 and 5, or the loops may be arranged as shown by Figure 6, one arm of each loop being threaded through one orifice, and the other arm through an= adjacent orifice.

18 represents a top plate, adapted to rest on the neck portions 17, and spaced from the bottom plate 12, as shown by Figure 5. The top plate 18 is provided with an upwardly projectlng marginal curb 19, formed to be inserted in the curb 13 of the bottom plate, relatively small apertures 20, adipted to slowly feed liquid, such as oil or liquid soap, to the mop ing material between the plates, and a soc :et 21, adapted to detachably engage a handle 22, indicated by dotted lines in Figure 5. The curbs 13 and 19 are detachably connected by suitable means such as screws 23, whereby the top and bottom plates are held in operative relation to each other.

In preparin 'the mop for use, it is deposited upon t e fioor, with the loops flattened against the floor, as shown by Figure 5. A suitable quantity of liquid is poured into the receptacle formed by the top plate 18, and its curb, and percolates slowly into the space between the top and bottom plates, saturating the neck portions 17, and creeping` therefrom into t e loops 16.

he mop is now ready for use and is manipulated in the usual way.

To facilitate the feeding of the liquid to the loops below the bottom plate, l rovide the bottom plate with relatively smal apertures 24, through which the liquid percolates slowly, and drops upon the mass of loops below the bottom plate.

1 prefer to provide the curb 19 of the top plate with a downwardly projecting flange 25, formed to cover the upper edge of the outer side of the curb 13 of the bottom plate, said iange increasing the strength of the structure, and providing a neat and desirable finish. If desired, however, the flange 25 may be omitted, as shown by Figure 6.

It will be seen that when the mopping material has been rendered useless by wear,

I tllevplates may be separated, and fresh mopspaced from the bottom plate, the top plate having a marginal curb formed to be inserted in the curb of the bottom plate, relatively small 'apertures adapted to slowly feed liquid deposited on the top plate to the portions, and

Laeaeee space between the plates, and a handle whereby thel mop may be manipulated; and means connecting said curbs, to conn'e the plates in operative relation to each other.

2. A mop substantially as specitied by claim l, sald bottom plate being provided with relatively small apertures, adapted to slowly feed liquid to the said loops.

3. A mop substantially as specified by claim 1, the curb of the top plate bein provided with a downwardly projecting formed to cover the upper edge and outer side of the curb of thev bottom plate.

ln testimony whereof il have aflixed my signature. A

CELIA M. WlLLlAMS.

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